Japan: what role should the newspaper play?
Posted by John Burke on May 11, 2007 at 2:57 PM
The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association held a symposium entitled "What is expected of newspapers today?" at the beginning of April at which the role of the newspaper for consumers and society was discussed. Various opinions were expressed.
Main points, some contradicting:
- Newspapers should give more facts now that chats and forums on which opinions are disucessed populate the Internet
- Information delivered by newspapers should be diverse, giving people "food for thought" to be pondered later
- Newspapers must strive to establish a trusting relationship with readers and should provide accurate information
- Newspapers need to guide people because they "can not always make a reasonable judgment from accurate information"
- Cross-media projects would be beneficial
- Newspapers need to "make full use of the Internet" while simultaneously transforming themselves
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